Alexander Sandweiss, MD, PhD
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Alexander Sandweiss, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Pediatrics
Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience
草榴社区入口
Houston, Texas United States
Education
- Residency at 草榴社区入口
- 06/2023 - Houston, Texas United States
- Child Neurology
- MD from University of Arizona
- 05/2018 - Tucson, Arizona
- PhD from University of Arizona
- 06/2016 - Arizona, Tucson
- Pharmacology/Neuroscience
- BS from University of Arizona
- 05/2011 - Tucson, Arizona
- Physiology, Music
- Fellowship at 草榴社区入口
- 06/2024 - Houston, Texas United States
- Pediatric Neuroimmunology
Honors & Awards
- Chief Resident, 2021-2022
- 草榴社区入口
Professional Statement
Alex, originally from Phoenix, Arizona, relocated two hours south to Tucson, Arizona, where he resided for 11 years while pursuing his education at The University of Arizona. He studied physiology and music in undergrad, then began medical school and his PhD in pharmacology at The University of Arizona COM. For his PhD dissertation, Alex studied the role of the neuropeptide substance p in the neural circuitry of opioid reward, with the goal of developing a novel analgesic that lacks the potential for abuse.Upon completion of pediatric neurology residency at 草榴社区入口 and Texas Children's Hospital, he began pediatric neuroimmunology fellowship, during which Alex's primary focus revolved around his research interest in autoimmune diseases affecting the nervous system, with a specific emphasis on encephalitis.
He is now an Assistant Professor at 草榴社区入口 and Texas Children's Hospital where he runs his basic-science lab studying autoimmune neurological disorders such as encephalitis and demyelinating diseases.
Videos
Child Neurology Residency video made and music scored by Alex Sandweiss
Selected Publications
- Alexander J. Sandweiss, Vicky Brandt, Huda Y. Zoghbi "." The Lancet Neurology. 2020 Aug 1;19(8):689-698. Pubmed PMID:
- Alexander J Sandweiss, Varun Kannan, Nilesh K Desai, Stephen F Kralik, Eyal Muscal, Kristen S Fisher "." Neur: Neuroimmunol & Neuroinflamm. 2023 Apr;10(4) Pubmed PMID:
- Alexander J Sandweiss, Timothy A Erickson, Yike Jiang, Varun Kannan, Jonathan M Yarimi, Jesse M Levine, Kristen Fisher, Eyal Muscal, Gail Demmler-Harrison, Kristy O Murray, Shannon E Ronca "." J Neuroimmunology. 2023 Jun; Pubmed PMID:
- Alexander J. Sandweiss, Mary I. McIntosh, Aubin Moutal, Rachel Davidson-Knapp, Jackie Hu, Aswini K. Giri, Takashi Yamamoto, Victor J. Hruby, Rajesh Khanna, Tally M. Largent-Milnes, Todd W. Vanderah "." Molecular Psychiatry. 2018 Aug;23(8):1745-1755. Pubmed PMID:
- Alexander J. Sandweiss, Karissa E. Cottier, Mary I. McIntosh, Gregory Dussor, Thomas Davis, Todd W. Vanderah, Tally Largent-Milnes "." Oncotarget. 2017 Dec 9;8(69):11409-114122. Pubmed PMID:
- Alexander J. Sandweiss, Asad Azim, Kareem Ibraheem, Tally M. Largent-Milnes, Peter Rhee, Todd W. Vanderah, Bellal Joseph "." Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2017 Dec;83(6):1074-1081. Pubmed PMID:
- Alexander J Sandweiss, Todd W Vanderah "." Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation. 2015 Sep 7;7(6):93-102. Pubmed PMID:
- Alexander J. Sandweiss, Mohammad Y Bader, Shalinkumar Patel, Ranjit I Kylat "." Journal of Pediatric Genetics. 2020 Aug 26;
- Varun Kannan, Alexander J Sandweiss, Timothy A Erickson, Jonathan M Yarimi, Alexander Ankar, Victoria A Hardwick, Nikita M Shukla, Timothy E Lotze, Sarah R Risen, James J Riviello, Yi-Chen Lai, Karen K Moeller, Kristen Fisher "." Pediatric Neurology. 2023;In Press
- Bruhns RP, Sulaiman MI, Gaub M, Bae EH, Davidson Knapp RB, Larson AR, Smith A, Coleman DL, Staatz WD, Sandweiss AJ, Joseph B, Hay M, Largent-Milnes TM, Vanderah TW "." Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 2022;16(903980) Pubmed PMID:
- David Farrier, Alexander J. Sandweiss, Brittnie Bartlett, Farida Abid "." Journal of Pediatric Neurology. 2020 Aug;
- Alexander J. Sandweiss, Christopher Morrison, Anne Spichler, John Rozich "." 2018 Feb 13;19(1):6.
- Pouran Malekzadeh, Jackie Hu, Alexander J. Sandweiss, Nina Ameli, Tally M. Largent-Milnes, Todd W. Vanderah, Farshad Shirazi "." The Journal of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology. 2017 Apr;5(1):1-5. Pubmed PMID:
- Ruben S. Vardanyan, James P. Cain, Sahgar Mowlazadeh Haghighi, Vlad K. Kumirov, Mary I. McIntosh, Alexander J. Sandweiss, Frank Porreca, Victor J. Hruby "." Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 2017 Mar 1;54(2):1228-1235. Pubmed PMID:
- Cyf N. Ramos-Colon, Yeon Sun Lee, Michael Remesic, Sara M. Hall, Justin LaVigne, Peg Davis, Alexander J. Sandweiss, Mary I. McIntosh, Jessica Hanson, Tally M. Largent-Milnes, Todd W. Vanderah, John Streicher, Frank Porreca, Victor J. Hruby "." Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2016 Nov 23;59(22):10291-10298. Pubmed PMID:
- Yeon Sun Lee, Dhanasekaran Muthu, Sara M. Hall, Cyf Ramos-Colon, David Rankin, Jackie Hu, Alexander J. Sandweiss, Milena De Felice, Jennifer Yanhua Xie, Todd W. Vanderah, Frank Porreca, Josephine Lai, and Victor J. Hruby "." Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2014 May 7;136(18):6608-6616. Pubmed PMID:
- Alexander T. Podolsky, Alexander Sandweiss, Jackie Hu, Edward J. Bilsky, Jim P. Cain, Vlad K. Kumirov, Yeon Sun Lee, Victor J. Hruby, Ruben S. Vardanyan, Todd W. Vanderah "." Life Sciences. 2013 Dec 18;93(25):1010-1016. Pubmed PMID:
Memberships
- American Academy of Neurology
- Child Neurology Society
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Texas Neurological Society
- Texas Pediatrics Society
- American Physiological Society
Funding
- Assessing the burden of post-HSV meningoencephalitis induced NMDAR encephalitis in children (08/01/2023 - 07/31/2024) Grant funding from Texas Neurological Society
- Exome sequencing for the discovery of genetic determinants of pediatric anti-NMDAR encephalitis (07/01/2022 - 06/30/2024) Grant funding from Thrasher Research Fund
- Underpinnings of racial and ethnic diversity in pediatric autoimmune encephalitis (09/01/2022 - 08/31/2023) Grant funding from Alpha Omega Alpha
- Resident Research Award (01/01/2023 - 12/31/2023) Grant funding from American Academy of Neurology
- Evaluation of novel therapies for autoimmune encephalitis (01/01/2023 - 12/31/2023) Grant funding from Mike Hogg Fund
Skills
- Animating cellular biology and pharmacology
- Multimedia/media arts
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